You Are Welcome

Striving to increase our love for God and neighbor, we welcome persons of every age, health condition, race, marital status, economic status, sexual orientation and religious background. We encourage you to become an active member of our church, sharing your God-given gifts in all areas of church life: worship, education, mission and ministry.

Our Pastors

David Pattee, Senior Pastor

The Rev. David Pattee joined CUCC as Senior Pastor January 1, 2016. Previously, he was senior pastor at the Kent (Ohio) UCC 2008-2015, an activist congregation in the Kent State University community. A native of Portland, Oregon, David graduated from Northwestern University in 1978 and earned a Master of Divinity from Chicago Theological Seminary in 1986. He was twice awarded the seminary’s prestigious Albert W. Palmer Fellowship. Following ordination in 1988, David was pastor with a congregation in Connecticut and another in Illinois before he was invited back to Chicago Theological Seminary where he served as vice present for development until 2006. He has travelled widely in the U.S. and extensively in southern and central Africa, the eastern Mediterranean, and India.

The Rev. Josh Kuipers joined CUCC as Associate Pastor February 1, 2017. A native of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Josh comes to us with a wide range of experiences in ministry. He has served congregations from Eastern Africa to Southern California, and, most recently, in Atlanta, GA. In addition to his work as a pastor, he and his wife ran a group home for teenage boys in Richmond, VA. He is a graduate of Calvin College, where he studied Religion, Anthropology, and Kiswahili. He later earned a Master of Divinity from Candler School of Theology (Emory University), where he was named their Sims Garret Scholar, and graduated with the Berta and James T. Laney award.

In his free time, Josh loves to be outside as much as possible with his wife Julia, and their daughter Caroline. He enjoys mountain biking, woodworking, rock climbing, and golfing. He is excited about all the opportunities for adventure and community in St. Charles, and looks forward to learning from the many remarkable people at CUCC.